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Table 1 Distribution of gender and waves by region

From: Income-related health inequalities across regions in Korea

Region

 

male

female

1998

2001

2005

2007

Total

Share1)

Si/Do2)

Gangwon

N

717

828

304

296

842

103

1545

 

Do

 

%

1.59

1.83

0.67

0.65

1.86

0.23

3.42

3.1

 

Gyeonggi

N

3868

4371

1453

1510

4726

550

8239

 

Do

 

%

8.55

9.66

3.21

3.34

10.45

1.22

18.21

22.03

 

Gyeongnam

N

1437

1729

838

465

1632

231

3166

 

Do

 

%

3.18

3.82

1.85

1.03

3.61

0.51

7

6.46

 

Gyeongbuk

N

1201

1474

626

379

1415

255

2675

 

Do

 

%

2.66

3.26

1.38

0.84

3.13

0.56

5.91

5.52

 

Gwangju

N

634

733

230

296

730

111

1367

 

Si

 

%

1.4

1.62

0.51

0.65

1.61

0.25

3.02

3

 

Daegu

N

1026

1281

464

411

1249

183

2307

 

Si

 

%

2.27

2.83

1.03

0.91

2.76

0.4

5.1

5.21

 

Daejeon

N

606

709

176

254

789

96

1315

 

Si

 

%

1.34

1.57

0.39

0.56

1.74

0.21

2.91

3.05

 

Busan

N

1658

1996

740

626

2106

182

3654

 

Si

 

%

3.67

4.41

1.64

1.38

4.66

0.4

8.08

7.45

 

Seoul

N

4242

5011

1749

1768

5239

497

9253

 

Si

 

%

9.38

11.08

3.87

3.91

11.58

1.1

20.46

20.77

 

Ulsan

N

436

496

903)

194

591

57

932

 

Si

 

%

0.96

1.1

0.2

0.43

1.31

0.13

2.06

2.22

 

Incheon

N

1011

1145

339

398

1276

143

2156

 

Si

 

%

2.24

2.53

0.75

0.88

2.82

0.32

4.77

5.35

 

Jeonnam

N

912

1091

503

309

1026

165

2003

 

Do

 

%

2.02

2.41

1.11

0.68

2.27

0.36

4.43

3.85

 

Jeonbuk

N

1026

1226

469

403

1291

89

2252

 

Do

 

%

2.27

2.71

1.04

0.89

2.85

0.2

4.98

3.77

 

Jeju

N

413

460

94

154

551

74

873

 

Do

 

%

0.91

1.02

0.21

0.34

1.22

0.16

1.93

1.13

 

Chungnam

N

886

1030

527

304

948

137

1916

 

Do

 

%

1.96

2.28

1.17

0.67

2.1

0.3

4.24

4

 

Chungbuk

N

736

844

389

299

785

107

1580

 

Do

 

%

1.63

1.87

0.86

0.66

1.74

0.24

3.49

3.09

 

Total

N

20809

24424

8991

8066

25196

2980

45233

  
 

%

46

54

19.88

17.83

55.7

6.59

100

  
  1. 1) Each region's share of Korea's population based on the national census in 2005.
  2. 2) Si and Do denote autonomous metropolitan cities and provinces, respectively.
  3. 3) Subjects for Ulsan for 1998 were re-coded from the initial classification of Gyeongnam.